Combined drawer pull and label holder



Oct. 29, 71935; F. E. CURTIS COMBINED DRAWER PULL AND LABEL HOLDER Filed March 8, 1934 lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllliiii mfl MIN Patented 7 Oct. 29, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE COMBINED DRAWER PULL AND LABEL HOLDER Application March 8, 1934, Serial No. 714,701

9 Claims. (01. 40-8) This invention relates to a combined drawerpull and label holder adapted to be secured at the front end of a drawer, to provide means whereby the drawer may be readily drawn out and the front end thereof supported for transportation, and whereby the label may be held in position where it may be very readily inspected, irrespective of the positions of the drawer in its cabinet.

The invention is especially well adapted for use with metal drawers adapted to hold items of considerable weight, as, for instance, metal address plates. Such a drawer is entirely removed from time to time from the storage cabinet and carried to an addressing machine into which the plates are discharged, and it is important to provide effective means for supporting the drawer at that end by the operators fingers within the drawer-pull, to avoid loss of time in changing the position of that hand when the drawer is nearly extracted.

My drawer-pull, as hereinafter described, while light in weight and simple in construction, is extremely strong and stiff and forms an effective finger lift to enable the drawer to be readily supported at that end, and is not liable to be distorted even if the drawer were inadvertently dropped or banged against some object.

It is also an object of my invention to so arrange the drawer-pull itself that it may constitute an effective label holder positioned on the drawer-front in an inclined position so that the label may be very readily seen on the lower drawers in the cabinet, as well as on those more directly in front of the eyes of the user.

I attain the desired universal visability of the label in conjunction with a strong and firm drawer pull by making this pull in the form of a fiat plate inclining downwardly and forwardly from the drawer-front and having a sight-opening through it; this plate being rigidly connected with such front by triangular end portions, and having behind it a leaf turned inwardly and upwardly from the bottom of the drawer-pull to provide an upwardly opening pocket behind the sight opening for the reception of a label. I prefer to provide also a suitable horizontal lip on the drawer front adjacent the top of the drawer pull to form a guide for the label being passed downwardly into the pocket.

My invention comprises the combination with a drawer front of a label-holding drawer pull constructed as above outlined. It includes also the more specific embodiment thereof shown in the drawing hereof and hereinafter explained in detail.

In the drawing, Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a drawer in which address plates may be stacked and which is equipped with my label-holding r, drawer-pull; Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the I drawer, the view thus looking at the face of the drawer-pull; Fig. 3 is a vertical section through the drawer-front and drawer-pull, as indicated by the line 3--3 on Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a horizontal 10. section through the drawer and drawer-pull in the region indicated by the line 4-4 on Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is a sectional perspective of a portion of the drawer-front with the drawer-pull attached thereto.

As indicated in the drawing, the drawer comprises a suitable vertical front plate l0, side plates II, a bottom l2 and a suitable rear end l3. As shown, the front plate In is secured to the side plates l l by flanging diagonally inward marginal :0 portions of each plate and then bending the extreme edge of one over the other to clamp them together, as shown at I5 in Fig. 4. The front ID has at its lower end a flange l1 extending beneath and secured to the bottom I2. I have shown the side walls ll of the drawer bent inwardly at the top and then downwardly, as at l6, providing inward vertical guides which may be engaged by the ends of vertical address plates, indicated at A in Fig. 1. I

The features described are details of construction of a metal drawer and are not directly concerned with the present invention, except that my drawer pull is attached to and cooperates directly with the metal drawer front I 0.

The drawer pull is preferably made of a single integral piece of sheet metal. It has a rectangular front or face 20 with a rectangular opening 2| through it, so that the total face consists merely of top and bottom marginal portions 22 and 23 and end marginal portions 24. Extending inwardly from the end marginal faces 24 are triangular ends 25 which have lugs 26 at their inner edges by which the pull is attached to the drawer front. Formed from the front plate of the drawer pull is a portion 21 which is a continuation of the bottom margin 23, but is bent inwardly and upwardly behind such margin to extend parallel with the pull front, a short distance behind it and overlapping all of the marginal portions 22, 23, and 24. The space between the plate 21 and the marginal portions of the pull front provides an upwardly opening pocket for the reception of a card or label, as hereinafter explained. The rounded bottom con- 'nection between the leaf 2! and face margin 23 provides a smooth surface suitable for engagement by the users fingers in supporting the with- V drawn drawer.

The lugs 26 on the drawer pull, as stated, provide means for attaching it to the drawer front.

These lugs, of which there are preferably two on each end portion 25, extend through vertical slots in the drawer front and are then bent onto the rear face of the drawer front, as shown in Fig. '4. As the edges of the pull end portions25 abut the front faceof the drawer front and the bent-over lugs 26 firmly engage the rear face, it will be seen the drawer pull is firmly attached to the drawer front.

To provide an effective guide'into the label pocket behind the pull face, I prefer to form a downwardly inclined lip I8 on the drawer-front.

"This lip is made by cutting a slit I 9 through the drawer-front, which is horizontal for substantially thelength of the drawer-pull and then turns slightly'vertically at its ends, as indicated in Fig. 2. By this means the lip i8 is attached tothe drawer front only at its upper dge.' This lip is diverted forwardly so that it inclines to substantially align with the inner leaf 2.! of the drawer-pull, as shown in Figs. 3 and 5. It will be noticed that the lower edge of the lip I8 is behind the marginal front 22' of the drawerpull and stands close to the upperedge of the leaf 21. V i

It results from the construction just described that an effective guide is provided for a card or label to be inserted in the drawer-pull. Such card,-of dimensions larger than the opening 21,

but smaller than the face of the drawer-pull, is

' of a metal drawerpull and label holdercomprising a front portion having an opening through it and triangular end portions and an inner leaf turned inwardly and upwardly from the bottom of the front portion to lie between the end portions and some distance behind the front portion,

"said end portions having their rear edges abutting the drawer front and having lugs extending through slots in the drawer front and flanged onto the rear face of the drawer front.

2. The combinationwith a drawer front having a forwardly projecting horizontal lip: and a drawer pull attached to the front and having an upwardly opening pocket at the rear of the pull face into which said lip forms a guide.

3. The combination with a drawerfront having a forwardly projecting horizontal lip and a drawer pull attached to the front and having an inclined face with an opening through it and a plate behind the, face to'provide an upwardly opening pocket to which said lip forms a guide.

4. The combination of a sheet metal drawer front'having a forwardly and downwardly inclined lip. cut out from the metal of the front,

and a drawer pull attached to the drawer front and having an upwardly inclined front plate with an opening through it and a plate behind the opening, such front plate and plate behind it constituting a pocket open at the top, the up- 6 per end of said pocket being adjacent the lip on the drawer front, whereby the lip formsa guide into the pocket.

5. The combination with a drawer of a drawer V pull attached thereto comprising an inclined face 10 portion having triangular end portions leading from the end edges of the face inwardly to the 7 drawer front and having an internal leaf formed integral with said face portion and bent from its lower edge inwardly and upwardly behind the face 15 portion and between the ends, the upper edge of such leaf terminatinglower than the top of the pull face, and a forwardly inclined lip on the drawer front substantially aligning with the inturned leaf of the drawer pull. 20 6. The combination of a drawer having a sheet metal front, a sheet metal drawer pull having an inclined front face with an opening through it, integral triangular end portions leading from said front face and lugs on the end portions extending 25 through and flanged behind the drawer front, said drawer pull having an internal leaf formed of a lower extension of said front face bent inwardly behind the face and parallel therewith and stand ing some distance back of the opening through the 8 face, the drawer front having a horizontal lip made of the metal of the front and free therefrom at its bottom, but attached at its top, said lip being bent forwardly to substantially align with the internal leaf of the drawer pull to form 8 a guide into the pocket, the meeting line of the lip and internal leaf being behind the marginal portion of the pull face above the opening thereof.

7. The combination with a drawer front hav- 40 ing a forwardly projecting horizontal lip and a drawer pull attached to the front and having a front face with an opening through it and a plate behind the front face and parallel therewith to provide an upwardly opening pocket into which 45 said lip forms a guide.

8. The combination, with a drawer, of a combined drawer-pull and label-holder secured to the front end of the drawer and comprising a front plate with anopening through it and end 60 portions leading from the front plate and attached to the drawer, and an internal plate attached to the front plate of the pull at its lower end and terminating between the end portions and standing a sufllcient distance behind the front 55 plate of the pull to provide between them a pocket closed at its bottom and ends and open at its top to receive a downwardly moved card.

9. The combined drawer pull and label hold.- er comlprisng a single piece of sheet material having an opening through it to provide a. marginal face and having triangular end portions turned inwardly from such face and pointing upwardly and an inner leaf, turned inwardly and upwardly from the bottom of such face to terminate at its ends between said end portions and stand some distance behind the rear surface 0 the face.

FRANKLIN EDWIN CURTIS. 

